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Make bird watching in Virginia even more enjoyable! With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in Virginia. This book features 140 species of Virginia birds, organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Fact-filled information, a compare feature, range maps, and detailed photographs help to ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Read Birds of Virginia Field Guide Stan Tekiela 9781885061362 Books

"This book is a good choice for anyone who knows very little about bird species and would like to identify those that show up in the back yard. Arranging the birds by dominant color is especially helpful since that is the single characteristic that an amateur can easily grasp with a quick look. I particularly appreciate the cross references to birds with similar appearance, since it often is difficult to determine whether the bird I see exactly resembles the picture in the book. However the book does seem somewhat limited in the variety of birds it covers, since I have sometimes failed to locate a reference to a bird I have seen."

Product details Paperback 364 pages Publisher Adventure Publications (May 9, 2002) Language English ISBN-10 1885061366

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Birds of Virginia Field Guide Stan Tekiela 9781885061362 Books Reviews

• Arrived today, awesome field guide for the backyard birder. Easy to use and I was able to identify many species at my feeder. I have a Ph.D in Wildlife Biology/Animal Behavior so my collection of field guides is, well, extensive. However, lacked a VA bird guide. My specialty is mammals, so put up feeder a couple weeks ago to learn more about birds. I know there are web sites and apps, however this is so easy to thumb through, why wait for something to load. It is sitting inside on the counter, next to my favorite field glasses. -)
• This book is a good choice for anyone who knows very little about bird species and would like to identify those that show up in the back yard. Arranging the birds by dominant color is especially helpful since that is the single characteristic that an amateur can easily grasp with a quick look. I particularly appreciate the cross references to birds with similar appearance, since it often is difficult to determine whether the bird I see exactly resembles the picture in the book. However the book does seem somewhat limited in the variety of birds it covers, since I have sometimes failed to locate a reference to a bird I have seen.
• Quality guide. The Tekiela guide for the Carolinas is a go-to for me and this one shares the easily accessible format. Very good photography and succinct yet informative descriptions. This used copy had a split about halfway through in the spine, but the good quality construction makes it retain reasonable durability and it can be repaired with some nice tape. Good seller. The obvious overlap between this edition and the Carolinas one makes it a bit of a superfluous buy, but it was cheap. Would like to see a little more differentiation in the species covered, but that probably overlooks the purpose of the book, and the comparison is probably unnecessarily picky. I don't regret the buy.
• This guide organizes birds by color; and then, within each color group, they’re sorted by size. There are large color photos of every bird. All of this makes it very easy to identify a bird you’ve seen. It’s also very comprehensive (at least for a novice bird-watcher like me). Of the more than 50 species of birds I’ve seen in our yard, only one wasn’t in this guide.
• My dad, after retiring, built these two bird feeders behind his house. So, when he's lounging on the patio, being the "outdoorsman" that he professes to be, he is always interested in what birds are snacking at his feeders, and, more often than not, sees a few that he can't identify.. so, as part of his Father's Day gift, I gave him this book!
  
  He immediately started picking out birds that he originally could not identify!!! He loves the book! And living in Central Virginia (20 minutes East of Richmond) and getting a lot of various birds stopping by, it has been pretty dead-on with helping him identify different species and/or verify his speculations! -)
  
  I thought it was a bigger book, but, in the grand scheme of being able to sit and watch birds, then, whip the book out conveniently, it turns out to be the perfect size.
• I had a very difficult time getting this book because the post office lost it ( customer service was great and replaced it!) so I was very excited when it finally arrived. I have a new bird feeder and have found great joy in watching my neighborhood birds and now I know what some of them are. I have already found a few birds that are not listed... but in general, it has been what I wanted. I do not think there are any great books on VA birds for some reason, so this one is good. I just wish it had every bird. The pictures and organization is great and makes the book easy to use.
• A must have book for Virginia birds. Excellent notations and pictures, small size makes it handy to use. Would make an excellent gift for any Virginia bird watcher.
• This is an easy to use guidebook. The birds are organized by color, making it easy for young and old to find the birds they are looking for. Bird descriptions include pictures of each bird (some include separate pictures of opposite gender if appropriate or if there is a color change in certain seasons). Full text descriptions of markings, habits, interesting facts etc. Also included for each bird is a map of VA with county divisions and color coded to indicate during what seasons they are found in a particular area.